| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the increasing use of metrics across many aspects of our lives. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:1517/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it? 00:30Jenni Fagan's dreamlike story inspired by the poetry of Anne Finch. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Charities fear environment will suffer post Brexit, city farms, jobs that help farmers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the red breasted goose in Siberia.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The Llyndy Isaf scholarship scheme is going to come to a close after five years. 05:58Chris Packham presents the North Island kokako from New Zealand.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The wet spring, a dry summer, and now thunderstorms are making for a challenging harvest. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand wrybill.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Defra has published their initial thinking on what their environmental targets should be. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the guira cuckoo of central South America.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The National Farmers' Union wants the UK to become more self-sufficient in produce. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Florida scrub jay.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel. 05:45Sam Gallivan examines the similarities between surgery and sculpture.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary, Ilmington in Warwickshire. 05:455/5Jonathan Freedland and guests explore how Britain has recovered from crises in its history
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Songwriter and music producer, Pete Waterman, revisits his childhood holidays 06:30The National Farmers' Union says it wants British farming to become more self-sufficient. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Classicist Llewelyn Morgan reflects upon the importance of fragments of the past. 06:35How a late-night internet purchase led to the creation of Devon’s first tea estate. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley. 07:54Journalist Thomas Bell makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Child Rescue Nepal 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Exploring the inspiration of listening with writer Anna Magnusson and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama 08:48John Gray discusses why he believes liberals are turning their backs on tolerance. 08:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the long-tailed tit.
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| 09:00 | 09:00The random postcode generator delivers us up a Jimi Hendrix roadie turned pornographer 09:301/5Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren’t, but should be. 09:45Led by the Revd Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:00Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Comedian Russell Kane talks to author Jessica Pan about life as an introvert. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Augustine Tanner-Ihm
| 09:00We unpick the A-level algoshambles and discover what poker teaches us about statistics. 09:30Sam Gallivan examines the similarities between surgery and sculpture. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Ann Easter
| 09:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask whether time is simply an illusion. 09:302/5Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren't, but should be. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Leah Vasey-Saunders
| 09:00Kirsty Wark and guests recall the 1992 sterling collapse known as Black Wednesday. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Claire Campbell Smith
| 09:00Wasp expert Ben Aldiss and the Inheritance Tracks of Matt Haig.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Peace talks with the Taliban: Safeguarding women's rights in Afghanistan. 10:45Test Match Special. England v Pakistan. Commentary on the Second Test from Southampton.
| 10:00What treatment is available to stop sex offenders from committing more crimes? 10:452/5Lucy and Desi finally get a TV pilot deal from CBS.
| 10:00Ellen DeGeneres, Camilla Thurlow and Denise Mina. 10:453/5Lucy and Desi face an ultimatum from the TV network.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:454/5Lucy and Desi struggle to cast the character of Ethel in I Love Lucy.
| 10:00Author Wendy Holden on her novel inspired by the Queen's governess. 10:25Test Match Special. England v Pakistan. Commentary on the third Test from Southampton.
| 10:30Greg Jenner and his guests dig into the mystery and history surrounding Stonehenge. 10:45Test Match Special. England v Pakistan. Commentary on the third Test from Southampton.
| 10:00The pressure piles on Fallon and Robert struggles to find the right words 10:45Test Match Special. England v Pakistan. Commentary on the third Test from Southampton.
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| 11:00 | | 11:00Shared Parental Leave has a 3% take-up in the UK. Fi Glover asks why it is so low. 11:30Novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares his favourite pieces of writing.
| 11:00Sushma Puri reveals why many British Hindus want their ashes scattered in the Ganges. 11:304/4We hear the truth of Tamsin’s visit to Paisley on the fateful day she died.
| 11:00Spain’s King Juan Carlos – a story of entitlement and dynasty… 11:30A celebration through handwritten manuscript of Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
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| 12:00 | | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/10Clowance Poldark broaches the topic of marriage with her parents. 12:18Call You and Yours: What does your high street look like? Email: youandyours@bbc.co.uk 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/10Clowance and Jeremy are invited by their cousin to the theatre in Truro. 12:18Charities have begun street fundraising again, with new rules to keep people safe. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/10Violet Kellow is extremely unwell, Stephen pays her a visit. 12:18Why are more people ending up sleeping on the streets again? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/5Neil MacGregor's history of the world told through objects; a sphinx with a pharaoh's head
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/5Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects arrives in China 3000 years ago
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/5Neil MacGregor's world history through objects. Today: ancient textiles from Peru
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| 14:00 | | 14:00The pressure piles on Fallon. 14:15Nick Warburton's comedy about a small town resistant to change starring Ronald Pickup
| 14:00Lynda plans a special evening. 14:15Sibling rivalry and unspoken grief rise to the surface during a weekend spa visit.
| 14:00Robert struggles to find the right words 14:15Crime drama set during the Cold War. A body is found on a hill overlooking Budapest.
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| 15:00 | | 15:00Short documentaries about 'moments of being'. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30How are the world’s musicians, sound artists and poets responding to the loss of species?
| 15:00Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings. 15:30How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London.
| 15:00Songwriter and music producer, Pete Waterman, revisits his childhood holidays 15:27Gill Wheeler makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Multiple System Atrophy Trust 15:30Johny Pitts looks at the life and work of crime novelist PD James.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Jeffrey Boakye on the language of black masculinity in a post-colonial world. 16:30The best-selling historian Peter Frankopan nominates Russia's "father of space travel"
| 16:00Skateboarding and parkour: lifestyle sport in the hyper regulated city. 16:30Joe Tidy looks under the bonnet of TikTok, Apple and Facebook.
| 16:00Earl Cameron and The Pool Of London 16:30Smart bricks, awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting Covid in sewage.
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| 17:00 | | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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| 18:00 | | 18:00The government presses ahead with major changes to health bodies tackling coronavirus 18:306/6The series ends with an essay about David's fashion sense and an audience Q&A session.
| 18:00A Sudanese boy has drowned apparently trying to reach the UK in a small boat. 18:302/4Paul Sinha tests his audience on their knowledge of the world beyond Britain.
| 18:00Steep rise in GCSE pass rate and top grades after computer algorithm abandoned 18:30Best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes in conversation with Tara Flynn.
| 18:455/6Sara Pascoe curates her dream festival, hosting a line-up of her favourite performers.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The pressure piles on Fallon. 19:15An interview with Jamaican dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, 2020 PEN Pinter Prize winner. 19:451/5The fascinating truth behind groundbreaking TV sitcom, I Love Lucy.
| 19:00Lynda plans a special evening. 19:15Making modern work in a Roman theatre; how to create a prequel; yet more arts redundancies 19:452/5Lucy and Desi finally get a TV pilot deal from CBS.
| 19:00Robert struggles to find the right words 19:15The Wives of Stanley Spencer, the destruction of arts and culture in Beirut. 19:453/5Lucy and Desi face an ultimatum from the TV network.
| 19:00Fallon finds herself bombarded 19:15Thea Sharrock on combining CGI and live action in her family movie about a gorilla. 19:454/5Lucy and Desi struggle to cast the character of Ethel in I Love Lucy.
| 19:00The long-awaited Tenet on the big screen - Front Row reviews. 19:455/5Desi wants Lucy’s pregnancy written into the show, but the TV network disagrees.
| 19:451/10Stanley Tucci imagines the history of modern California as a Hollywood screenplay
| 19:004/15Kennedy and Heawood start to doubt Henry Akeley’s sanity. 19:152/4Dad tries to fight off an unwanted invasion, while Granny turns to smuggling. 19:452/5Relaxing as he flies south, the Baron recalls some of his ancestor’s unlikely journeys.
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| 20:00 | 20:00A journey with the chaplains who support travellers on Britain’s rail network. 20:30Mike Lanchin follows the story of Rita Baque, searching for the body of her late husband.
| 20:00Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics. 20:40Peter White discusses the safest ways to return to work post-lockdown.
| 20:00Louis speaks to actor and documentary-maker, Miriam Margolyes. 20:45Sam Gallivan examines the similarities between surgery and sculpture.
| 20:00What will come of the protests in Belarus and who will determine the country's future? 20:30The impact of Black Lives Matter on business.
| 20:00Anita Anand presents political debate from Broadcasting House London. 20:50John Gray discusses why he believes liberals are turning their backs on tolerance.
| 20:00What do the working class heroes of 1960s cinema say about class in the Britain of 2018?
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a guitarist, a campaigner, a publisher, an anarchist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Lucky socks, pre-match rituals, Nadal’s water bottles. Sport is teeming with superstition. 21:30The random postcode generator delivers us up a Jimi Hendrix roadie turned pornographer
| 21:00How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London. 21:30Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
| 21:00We unpick the A-level algoshambles and discover what poker teaches us about statistics. 21:30Joe Tidy looks under the bonnet of TikTok, Apple and Facebook.
| 21:00Smart bricks, awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting Covid in sewage. 21:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask whether time is simply an illusion.
| 21:00By E.V. Crowe. The Royal Court production recorded in lockdown. With Katherine Parkinson. 21:55An Extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the soaring skylark.
| 21:002/9Part two of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Hattie Morahan. 21:452/3By Julie Mayhew. A story of very long hair - and head lice.
| 21:00Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings. 21:25Journalist Thomas Bell makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Child Rescue Nepal 21:30The impact of Black Lives Matter on business.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Algorithm goes, teacher assessment back in 22:451/10Cornwall 1812, and marriage in all its guises is in the air.
| 22:00Lebanon's former prime minister was murdered in Beirut 15 years ago 22:452/10Clowance Poldark broaches the topic of marriage with her parents.
| 22:00Hundreds of thousands of BTEC students told they won’t recieve grades tomorrow 22:453/10Clowance and Jeremy are invited by their cousin to the theatre in Truro.
| 22:00Doctors in Russia battling to save life of country's most prominent opposition activist 22:454/10Violet Kellow is extremely unwell, Stephen pays her a visit.
| 22:00Doctors in Siberia had said he was too ill to be moved, but later changed their minds 22:455/10The English Navy is preventing ships landing in France to cut off supplies to Napoleon.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Louis speaks to actor and documentary-maker, Miriam Margolyes.
| 22:00Alex Forsyth presents Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Professor Tanya Byron sitting in for Michael Rosen on talking to strangers. 23:30Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen.
| 23:00Jason Cook hosts a showcase of the best new acts from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe. 23:30A sound-led dive into deep time and ‘the long now'.
| 23:001/4Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie. 23:153/4Patrick Marber, Peter Curran and Jane Horrocks talk critically-acclaimed nonsense in bed. 23:30Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen.
| 23:003/4Jack and Millie discover that thou shalt not try and please a son's scary ex-girlfriend. 23:30Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen.
| 23:00The best-selling historian Peter Frankopan nominates Russia's "father of space travel" 23:30Ripples from an explosion in Saigon in 1966 are felt in the soul of a 17-yr-old in London.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz for the title of Brain of Britain. 23:30Actor and writer Catherine Harvey travels to Blackpool for the annual Dialect Festival.
| 23:00Earl Cameron and The Pool Of London 23:30Classicist Llewelyn Morgan reflects upon the importance of fragments of the past.
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